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2043
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1113

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Maurice B. Burg is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple subfields of biological sciences, focusing particularly on cell biology and physiology. The scientist's primary topics of work include aldose reductase and taurine as well as biochemical effects in animals.

They have contributed scholarly articles to notable publication venues, including:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • International Journal of Health Science

Among their recent papers are:

  • "NFAT5, which protects against hypertonicity, is activated by that stress via structuring of its intrinsically disordered domain" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA NE: A LITERATURE REVIEW" (2025, International Journal of Health Science)

Frequent coauthors in their research include Raj Kumar, Jenna F. DuMond, Shagufta H. Khan, E. Brad Thompson, and Yi He.

The scientist has been recognized by professional societies with awards including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1991)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)

Best Publications

  • Preparation and study of fragments of single rabbit nephrons.

    M Burg;J Grantham;M Abramow;J Orloff

  • Cellular Response to Hyperosmotic Stresses

    Maurice B. Burg;Joan D. Ferraris;Natalia I. Dmitrieva

  • Intracellular Organic Osmolytes: Function and Regulation

    Maurice B. Burg;Joan D. Ferraris

  • Renal medullary organic osmolytes

    A. Garcia-Perez;M. B. Burg

  • Function of the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop.

    Maurice B. Burg;Nordica Green

  • Furosemide effect on isolated perfused tubules.

    M Burg;L Stoner;J Cardinal;N Green

  • Combination immunotherapy of primary prostate cancer in a transgenic mouse model using CTLA-4 blockade.

    Arthur A. Hurwitz;Arthur A. Hurwitz;Barbara A. Foster;Eugene D. Kwon;Eugene D. Kwon;Tan Truong

  • Molecular basis of osmotic regulation

    M. B. Burg

  • Predominant osmotically active organic solutes in rat and rabbit renal medullas.

    S Bagnasco;R Balaban;H M Fales;Y M Yang

  • Regulation of gene expression by hypertonicity.

    Maurice B. Burg;Eugene D. Kwon;Dietmar KÜltz

  • Manipulation of T cell costimulatory and inhibitory signals for immunotherapy of prostate cancer

    Eugene D. Kwon;Arthur A. Hurwitz;Barbara A. Foster;Christopher Madias

  • A standard nomenclature for structures of the kidney. The Renal Commission of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS).

    W Kriz;L Bankir

  • Ion transport in cortical collecting tubule; effect of amiloride.

    LC Stoner;MB Burg;J Orloff

  • The nature of transtubular Na and K transport in isolated rabbit renal collecting tubules

    Jared J. Grantham;Maurice B. Burg;Jack Orloff

  • Cell cycle delay and apoptosis are induced by high salt and urea in renal medullary cells.

    L. Michea;D. R. Ferguson;E. M. Peters;P. M. Andrews

  • Elimination of residual metastatic prostate cancer after surgery and adjunctive cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) blockade immunotherapy

    Eugene D. Kwon;Barbara A. Foster;Arthur A. Hurwitz;Chris Madias

  • Mineralocorticoid effects on Na-K-ATPase in individual nephron segments.

    L. C. Garg;M. A. Knepper;M. B. Burg

  • Oxygen consumption and active transport in separated renal tubules

    Maurice B. Burg;Jack Orloff

  • Control of fluid absorption in the renal proximal tubule

    Maurice B. Burg;Jack Orloff

  • Preparation and study of fragments of single rabbit nephrons.

    M B Burg;J Grantham;M Abramow;J Orloff

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Knepper
Mark A. Knepper National Institutes of Health
Dietmar Kültz
Dietmar Kültz University of California, Davis
Robert S. Balaban
Robert S. Balaban National Institutes of Health
André Nussenzweig
André Nussenzweig National Institutes of Health
Jared J. Grantham
Jared J. Grantham University of Kansas
Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown Harvard University
James P. Allison
James P. Allison The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sylvie Breton
Sylvie Breton Harvard University
Jeffrey L. Garvin
Jeffrey L. Garvin Case Western Reserve University
Martha Kirby
Martha Kirby National Institutes of Health

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